Glass filler fauget



March 20, 1951 R. J, F 5 R 2,545,810

GLASS FILLER FAUCET Filed June 17, 1946 1 I I N VEN TOR;

BY hm Patented Mar. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE" GLASS FILLER 'FAUCET Ralpli J. Fisher, Altadena, Calif.

Application-June 17, 1946,.Serial N0. 677,335

This invention is an advance in water faucets and especially of the type having a downwardly extending stem device to be engaged and oscillated by pressure of the side of an applied receptacle, such as a water glass.

An object of the invention is to greatly simplify the construction and reduce cost of manufacture of faucets of this type.

A further object of the invention is to provide a single unitary device for packing certain parts and at the same time having the second function of automatically re-seating the movable closure member \of the faucet after it has been opened for liquid flow in the faucet, thus eliminating the usual metal spring.

Another object of the invention is to provide a unitary resilient packing member of tubular form to snugly, axially receive a stem element of the faucet and having expanding capacity to effectively draw the valve closure to its seat in the faucet.

The invention resides in certain advancements in this art as set forth in the ensuing disclosure and having, with the above, additional objects and advantages as hereinafter developed, and whose construction, combinations and details of means will be made manifest in the following description of the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood that modifications, variations and adaptations may be resorted to within the scope, spirit and principles of the invention as it is more directly claimed in conclusion hereof.

Figure 1 is an axial section of the faucet.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the valve seating packer.

The faucet body includes a downturned spout 2 forwardly of a barrel 3 leading to the spout by way of a lateral passage 4 which is under a crosswall 5 at the inner end of the supply chamber 8 of the faucet.

Screwed onto the lower end of the barrel 3 is a collar or boot 1 having a shoulder 8 on which rests a gasket ring 9 compressed by the boot against the end surface of the barrel to make a tight seal about an elongate, tubular bearing l whose lower end lodges on a shoulder II in the boot and by which the upper, reduced or neck end l2 of the bearing Ill is jammed into place in an aperture a in the cross-wall 5 and against a packing ring l3 at the said neck l2 to seal the aperture joint.

The upper end of the tubular bearing ID has radial outflow ports Illa to the passage 4.

The lower end of the boot 1 has a concaved seat 2 hi on which is suspended a flared head I5" of a stiff stem l6 having a cushioning bumper disc I! on its lower end to be engaged by the side wall of a drinking glass or other receptacle whose sidewise pressure swings the stem off center whilst its head l5 fulcrums on the seat Ia. As the head oscillates it comes into operative contact with the bottom end face'of a button l8 fixed on the lower end a spindle I9 which is axially shiftable and guided in the fixed bearing i0 and has fixed on its top end a faucet closing head 29 operative to engage the contiguous corner 2| of an axial bore lllb leading to the bearing ports Illa.

A distinctive feature of this invention embodies a single and unitary device having the dual purposes of making a tight seal between the sliding spindle and its guiding bearing 10 and of constituting the means for effectively moving the valve closure 29 to its seat 2| to close the faucet.

As here shown the spindle head closing means consists of an elongate and firm tube 25 of rubber or its equivalent (for its purpose) which is materially compressed between the button 18 of the spindle and the end shoulder 26' of a pocket 26 in the bearing l9 and which pocket is sufficiently larger in diameter than the packing tube 25 to allow this to swell when the spindle, passing axially through the tube, is bodily shifted upward by operation of the pressure stem I6. In operation, as soon as the tilting pressure is removed from the lever-like stem [6 the expansive, highly resilient packer tube 25 acts instantly and automatically to again press the spindle l 9 down and therefore brings the closure head 29 down onto its seat 2|.

The degree'of axial compression of the packing tube 25 is constantly enough to seal the spindle in the bearing l9 against leak. The parts constituting in removable insides of the faucet, and including the bearing [0 and the valve head operating tube 25, can be readily and quickly removed at will by simply screwing off the barrel boot 1. The stem and the spindle can be dismounted by first removing the valve head or closure 20, after the insides have been taken from the valve body.

What is claimed is:

1. A glass filler faucet including a main body having a supply chamber and a discharge spout, a cross-wall dividing the chamber from the spout, an elongated tubular bearing whose top end is shouldered and countersunk in said cross-wall and opens into said chamber and has discharge ports to the spout, a barrel part rigid with and perpendicular to said body and in which said bearing is removably mounted, a boot screwed on the barrel and jamming the bearing to seat on said cross-wall, a valve spindle slidably fitted in the barrel and having a closure on its top end, to seal on the top of the bearing to stop fluid flow to the spout, a button on the lower end of the spindle and spaced below and adjacent to the lower end of the bearing, an elastic, expansive tube telescoped in the bearing and confined therein against said button and operative on the spindle to pull said closure to its closing position, and a tiltable lever having a part journalled in said boot and having an efiective cam face spaced slightly below and operatively engageable with the button whereby to force the spindle upward and open said closure.

2. The faucet of claim 1; and the lower end of the bearing having a flared bore to provide for relative expansion of the said tube under action of the said lever.

RALPH J. FISHER.

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